Written question asked by Eric Illsley (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 January 1997. It was answered by John Watts (Conservative) on Monday, 13 January 1997 on behalf of the Department of Transport.

Dept of Transport

Question: If he will list the costs to public funds to date of the South Yorkshire Supertram project, including all credit approvals, capitalised debts, revenue costs and other liabilities. - Including table of construction costs.

Answer: Mr. Illsley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the costs to public funds to date of the South Yorkshire supertram project, including all credit approvals, capitalised debts, revenue costs and other liabilities. [10318] Mr. Watts: The funding authorised by my Department for the construction costs of South Yorkshire supertram is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million Section 56 grant 62.529 Non-trading credit approvals 62.529 Trading credit approvals 81.741 Capitalised interest 15.790 ERDF grant 6.526 Pre-1991 spending 12.759 Total 241,874 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The figure for pre-1991 spending includes some items that were funded by South Yorkshire PTE. The total does not include administrative costs incurred by my Department, which could be quantified only at disproportionate cost. These figures do not include operating losses and other post-construction costs, which are a matter for South Yorkshire PTE.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 10318; 288 c114W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Costs Construction Expenditure Trams South Yorkshire South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive Sheffield Supertram
Contains statistics: Yes